• 지능정보연구
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.73-91
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• 2013

스마트폰 광고시장의 급격한 성장으로 그간 광고태도연구에서 주요한 요인으로 고려되었던, 재미(Entertainment), 정보(Information), 짜증(Irritation)과 같은 일반적으로 광고가치에 영향을 주는 요인 외에 스마트폰의 특성에 의해 발생하는 상황인지가치(Context Awareness Value)에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 그간 상황인지가치에 영향을 주는 요인을 찾기 위해 주로 위치(Location)를 중심으로 연구되어 왔는데, 스마트폰을 통해 발생하는 상황인지가치는 위치 이외에도 다양하다고 할 수 있다. 즉, 무선인터넷기술의 활용을 통한 SNS 활용, 유심카드를 이용한 개인 확인, 다양한 앱의 활용 등의 변화는 기존의 모바일기기에서 제공하는 기능들의 활용이 더욱 중요해지고 있고, 이로 인해 발생하는 다양한 상황인지가치의 요인이 존재한다고 할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 연구는 이동통신시장의 광고채널이 스마트폰으로 전환되면서 발생하는 상황인지가치의 영향을 고려한 분석을 실시하여, 이전 연구에서 고려되지 못했던 최근 광고시장 상황이 반영된 연구결과가 도출되었다고 할 수 있다. 분석결과에 따르면, 이전의 광고태도 연구에서 주요한 요인이라고 여겨졌던 재미와 짜증은 영향은 적어지고, 여전히 정보가 미치는 영향은 크게 작용되고 있어 이는 현재의 정보화시대에서 정보의 중요성 및 영향력에 대한 이해와 분석도 여전히 필요하다고 할 수 있다 스마트폰으로 인한 광고시장변화에 따라 활동(Activity), 시기(Timing), 위치(Location) 등과 같은 상황인지가치가 광고태도에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 점을 확인하였으며, 신원은 영향이 없음으로 나타났다. 또한 광고가치와 상황인지가치는 스마트폰 광고태도에 유의한 영향이 있음으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 스마트폰광고 시 이용자가 원하는 정보를 이용자의 상황에 최적화시켜 스마트폰 광고를 실시하여야만, 광고효과를 극대화 할 수 있다는 점을 시사한다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.493-513
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• 2014

With the development of related technologies, Location-Based Services (LBS) are growing fast and being used in many ways. Past LBS studies have focused on adoption of LBS because of the fact that LBS users have privacy concerns regarding revealing their location information. Meanwhile, the number of LBS users and revenues from LBS are growing rapidly because users can get some benefits by revealing their location information. Little research has been done on how LBS affects consumers' information search behavior in product purchase. The purpose of this paper is examining the effect of LBS information filtering on buyers' uncertainty and their information search behavior. When consumers purchase a product, they try to reduce uncertainty by searching information. Generally, there are two types of uncertainties - knowledge uncertainty and choice uncertainty. Knowledge uncertainty refers to the lack of information on what kinds of alternatives are available in the market and/or their important attributes. Therefore, consumers having knowledge uncertainty will have difficulties in identifying what alternatives exist in the market to fulfil their needs. Choice uncertainty refers to the lack of information about consumers' own preferences and which alternative will fit in their needs. Therefore, consumers with choice uncertainty have difficulties selecting best product among available alternatives.. According to economics of information theory, consumers narrow the scope of information search when knowledge uncertainty is high. It is because consumers' information search cost is high when their knowledge uncertainty is high. If people do not know available alternatives and their attributes, it takes time and cognitive efforts for them to acquire information about available alternatives. Therefore, they will reduce search breadth. For people with high knowledge uncertainty, the information about products and their attributes is new and of high value for them. Therefore, they will conduct searches more in-depth because they have incentive to acquire more information. When people have high choice uncertainty, people tend to search information about more alternatives. It is because increased search breadth will improve their chances to find better alternative for them. On the other hand, since human's cognitive capacity is limited, the increased search breadth (more alternatives) will reduce the depth of information search for each alternative. Consumers with high choice uncertainty will spend less time and effort for each alternative because considering more alternatives will increase their utility. LBS provides users with the capability to screen alternatives based on the distance from them, which reduces information search costs. Therefore, it is expected that LBS will help users consider more alternatives even when they have high knowledge uncertainty. LBS provides distance information, which helps users choose alternatives appropriate for them. Therefore, users will perceive lower choice uncertainty when they use LBS. In order to test the hypotheses, we selected 80 students and assigned them to one of the two experiment groups. One group was asked to use LBS to search surrounding restaurants and the other group was asked to not use LBS to search nearby restaurants. The experimental tasks and measures items were validated in a pilot experiment. The final measurement items are shown in Appendix A. Each subject was asked to read one of the two scenarios - with or without LBS - and use a smartphone application to pick a restaurant. All behaviors on smartphone were recorded using a recording application. Search breadth was measured by the number of restaurants clicked by each subject. Search depths was measured by two metrics - the average number of sub-level pages each subject visited and the average time spent on each restaurant. The hypotheses were tested using SPSS and PLS. The results show that knowledge uncertainty reduces search breadth (H1a). However, there was no significant correlation between knowledge uncertainty and search depth (H1b). Choice uncertainty significantly reduces search depth (H2b), but no significant relationship was found between choice uncertainty and search breadth (H2a). LBS information filtering significantly reduces the buyers' choice uncertainty (H4) and reduces the negative relationship between knowledge uncertainty and search breadth (H3). This research provides some important implications for service providers. Service providers should use different strategies based on their service properties. For those service providers who are not well-known to consumers (high knowledge uncertainty) should encourage their customers to use LBS. This is because LBS would increase buyers' consideration sets when the knowledge uncertainty is high. Therefore, less known services have chances to be included in consumers' consideration sets with LBS. On the other hand, LBS information filtering decrease choice uncertainty and the near service providers are more likely to be selected than without LBS. Hence, service providers should analyze geographically approximate competitors' strength and try to reduce the gap so that they can have chances to be included in the consideration set.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.835-848
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• 2021

제주도는 지질 및 수문계의 특이성으로 인해 수문기상인자 분석을 통한 수문 분석 및 효율적인 물관리가 필수적이다. 하지만 수문기상인자의 지상관측자료는 주변 환경에 의한 영향이 크게 작용하여 공간적인 대표성을 띄기 힘들며, 이를 극복하기 위해 원격탐사 방법이 사용된다. 본 연구에서는 제주도에서 기존에 다른 지역들에서 적용성이 검증된 바 있는 MOD16 증발산량, Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) 증발산량, GLDAS 토양수분, Advanced SCATerometer(ASCAT) 토양수분 산출물들의 적용성을 평가하였다. 증발산의 경우 강수량과의 총량 비교 및 플럭스타워 증발산량 관측자료와의 비교를 시행하였고, 토양수분의 경우 6개 토양수분 관측소의 관측자료와 비교하였다. 그 결과 증발산량의 경우 연 강수량의 57%가 증발산량으로 산출되었고, MOD16 증발산량과 GLDAS 증발산량의 상관계수는 0.759로 양호한 값이 산출되었으나, 플럭스타워 증발산량 데이터와 MOD16 증발산량의 상관계수는 0.289, GLDAS 증발산량과의 상관계수는 0.434로 상대적으로 적합성이 낮게 나타났다. 토양수분의 경우 GLDAS 자료의 경우 모든 지점에서 지점자료와 비교하였을 때 RMSE 값은 0.05 미만의 값을 나타냈고, 상관계수의 유의성 검정 결과 통계적으로 유의미한 결과를 얻었다. 하지만 위성자료의 경우 월각지점에서 0.05 이상의 RMSE 값이 나타났고, 세화, 한동 지점에서 상관성이 없다는 상관계수의 유의성 검정 결과를 확인하였다. 이는 제주도에 설치된 증발산량 및 토양수분 센서의 품질관리 및 공간대표성을 띄는 면단위 센서가 충분히 제공되지 않아 위와 같은 결과가 나타나는 것으로 판단된며 더불어 지점 자료의 관리 및 위성, 재분석 자료의 경우 관측 픽셀이 해안과 인접할 시 나타나는 오차로 추정된다. 본 연구를 통해 기존 수문기상인자 지상관측 자료의 개선 필요성을 역셜하고, 이를 통해 제주도에서의 효율적인 물관리 를 위한 기반을 구축하고자 한다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.374-384
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 암석시료의 CT 촬영 이미지상의 균열을 자동으로 탐지하는 새로운 인공지능 딥러닝 기법을 제안한다. 본 제안 기법은 2단계 딥러닝 객체인식 알고르즘인 Faster R-CNN을 기반으로 회전 가능한 경계박스(bounding box) 개념을 도입하여 알고리즘을 개조하였다. 회전 경계박스의 도입은 관심 균열 영역 밖의 배경의 불균질성 및 균열의 크기와 형태에 영향을 받는 딥러닝 객체인식기법 상의 고유한 어려움을 극복하기 위한 핵심 역할을 한다. 본 회전형 경계박스의 사용은 일반적으로 사용되는 영상 수평축과 평행한 경계박스 사용의 경우와 비교하여 긴 형태의 균열 형상 특성에 매우 잘 부합된다. 즉, 좋지않은 영향을 끼치는 경계박스 내 균열 이외 배경영역의 비율을 최소화 시킬 수 있다. 이외에도, 회전 경계박스의 추가적인 이점은 인식된 균열의 방향에 따라 회전하여 추론되는 경계박스를 통해 균열의 방향과 길이에 대한 정보를 직접적으로 얻을 수 있다. 본 제안기법의 적용성을 검증하기 위하여, 이미지상에서 매우 불균질한 화강암 시료에 인공적으로 균열을 발생시킨 다수의 암석시료 영상을 딥러닝 학습에 사용하고 추론 성능 실험을 진행하였다. 그 외에도, 동일 조건에서 사암과 셰일 암석 시료에도 적용하여 검증하였다. 결론적으로, 제안된 기법을 통해 균열 객체 인식의 평균 추론정확도(mAP)값이 0.89 정도 수준의 우수한 추론 성능을 보였으며, 기존 기법에 비해 추론된 경계박스 내 균열과 배경 영역의 비율 측면에서 배경의 비율이 획기적으로 최소화되는 유리한 추론 검증 결과를 보였다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.723-736
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 금강권역을 대상으로 최대 12개월까지 선행예측이 가능한 월 강수량 예측모형을 구축하였으며, 예측모형 구축에는 다중회귀분석과 인공신경망의 두 가지 통계적 기법을 적용하였다. 예측인자 후보로 NOAA에서 제공하는 글로벌 기후패턴 39종과 금강권역에 대한 기상인자 8종 등 총 47종의 기후지수를 활용하였다. 예측대상월을 기준으로 과거 40년간의 월 강수량과 기후지수와의 지연상관성 분석을 통해 상관도가 높은 기후지수를 예측인자로 활용하여 다중회귀모형 및 인공신경망 모형을 구축하였다. 1991~2021년에 대해 매월 예측결과의 평균값과 관측값과의 적합도를 분석한 결과, 다중회귀모형은 PBIAS -3.3~-0.1%, NSE 0.45~0.50, r 0.69~0.70으로 분석되었으며, 인공신경망모형은 PBIAS -5.0~+0.5%, NSE 0.35~0.47, r 0.64~0.70로, 다중회귀모형에 의해 도출된 예측치의 평균값이 인공신경망모형보다 관측치에 좀 더 근접한 것으로 나타났다. 각 월의 예측범위 안에 관측치가 포함될 확률을 분석한 결과에서는 다중회귀모형이 57.5~83.6%(평균 72.9%), 인공신경망모형의 경우에는 71.5~88.7%(평균 81.1%)로 인공신경망모형 결과가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 3분위 예측확률을 비교한 결과는 다중회귀모형의 경우에는 25.9~41.9%(평균 34.6%), 인공신경망모형은 30.3~39.1%(평균 34.7%)로 비슷하며, 두 모형 모두 평균 33.3% 이상으로 월 강수량에 대한 장기예측성을 확인 할 수 있었다. 이상과 같이 두 모형의 예측성 차이는 비교적 크지 않은 것으로 나타났으나, 예측범위에 대한 적중률이나 3분위 예측확률로부터 판단할 때 예측성에 대한 월별 편차는 인공신경망모형의 결과가 상대적으로 작게 나타났다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 코칭
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.127-170
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• 2021

본 연구는 한국의 일반 성인을 대상으로 삶의 중요 영역에서의 웰니스(wellness) 추구 행동을 측정하기 위한 척도를 개발하고 타당도를 검증하였다. 웰니스 척도개발을 위하여 문헌 검토, 전문가 인터뷰, 심층 인터뷰, 개방형 설문 1, 2차를 거쳐서 도출된 31개 요인, 182문항은 최종 10개 요인, 99문항으로 선정하였다. 한국의 일반 성인 351명을 대상으로 한 예비조사 결과의 탐색적 요인분석을 통해 10개 요인 58문항을 도출하였고, 각 요인에서 중요한 개념을 반영한 문항들을 일부 수정해서 10개 요인 63문항으로 본조사를 실시하였다. 667명을 대상으로 진행된 본조사에서는 본 검사의 구성개념 타당도를 검증하기 위해 전체 표집을 두 집단으로 나누어 한 집단은 탐색적 요인분석을 하고, 또 다른 집단은 확인적 요인분석을 하였다. 탐색적 요인분석 결과 최종적으로 10개 요인(일, 공동체, 가족, 타인, 경제력, 자아존중, 여가, 신체 건강, 영성, 자기 성장) 63문항을 도출하였으며, 구조방정식 모형을 이용한 확인적 요인분석에서는 모형적합도 기준을 충족하고 있는 것을 검증하였다. 도출된 웰니스 척도와 그 하위요인들이 실제로 웰니스를 측정하는지를 검증하기 위하여 정신적 웰빙 척도(K-MHC-SF)와 웰니스 지표(Wellness Index for Workers)를 사용하여 수렴 타당도가 검증되었다. 준거 관련 타당도 검증을 위해 주관적 행복감(Subjective Happiness Scale)과 삶의 만족 척도(Satisfaction with Life Scale) 변인과 요인들 간의 관계를 분석한 결과 유의한 상관으로 나타났다. 다중회귀분석을 통해 각 경로에 유의성을 확인한 결과 웰니스 척도의 '자아존중' 은 주관적 행복감과 삶의 만족감에 가장 중요하게 영향을 미치는 요인으로 확인되었다. 마지막으로 본 연구 과정과 결과에 대한 논의와 학문적 의의 및 실무적 의의, 그리고 제한점과 미래 연구 방향을 제시하였다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.663-677
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• 2019

본 연구는 요양병원 근무 간호사의 근무환경, 역할갈등 및 직무배태성을 확인하고 직무배태성에 미치는 영향요인을 파악하기 위하여 수행되었다. 본 연구를 위하여 일개 도에서 자료 수집을 허락한 10개 기관에서 총 200명의 간호사를 대상으로 2018년 7월과 8월에 걸쳐 자료를 수집하였다. 본 연구에서는 구조화된 설문지를 통해 일반적 특성과 간호사의 근무환경, 역할갈등 및 직무배태성을 평가하였으며 배포한 200부 중 분석에 적합한 190부를 최종 분석하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 버전 25.0를 이용하여 서술적 통계, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석 결과 직무배태성은 5점 만점에 2.98±0.46점이었고, 하위영역별로는 적합성, 연계, 희생 순으로 나타났다. 간호사의 근무환경은 평균 3.14±0.42점이었고 하위영역별로는 수간호사의 리더십, 실무체계, 동료와의 관계, 기관의 지원 순이었다. 역할갈등은 평균 3.43±0.51점이었고 하위영역 중 환경장애가 가장 높았다. 직무배태성은 간호사들이 인식하는 근무환경과 통계적으로 유의한 정적 상관관계를 보였고, 역할갈등과는 통계적으로 유의한 부적 상관관계를 보였다. 최종적으로 본 연구의 종속변수인 요양병원 근무 간호사들의 직무배태성에 영향을 미치는 요인은 근무환경, 연령, 역할갈등이었으며 설명력은 50.4% 이었다. 본 연구결과를 통해 요양병원에 근무하는 간호사들의 근무환경, 역할갈등과 직무배태성을 확인하였으며 현재 문제가 되고 있는 간호사들의 높은 이직률과 관련하여 직무배태성 제고를 위한 방향성을 점검하였다. 즉 요양병원 조직의 차원에서 간호근무환경 개선과 역할갈등 완화 노력이 요구되는데 이를 위한 조직과 정책적 뒷받침이 필요해 보인다. 또한 근무 중인 간호사 연령층의 특성을 고려할 필요성을 확인한 것 역시 의미있는 발견이라 하겠으며 앞으로 더욱 가속화될 고령인구 증가와 더불어 요양병원 근무 간호사들의 직무배태성 제고에 더욱 관심을 가질 필요성이 제기된다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.29-54
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• 2012

본 연구는 영화 관람과정에서 이루어지는 관객의 정보처리 용이성과 선호도 유창성의 관계를 살펴보기 위한 것이다. 따라서 본 연구는 영화에 대한 정보처리의 유창성 정도가 영화의 선호도 결정 용이성에 영향을 주다고 가정하고, 선행연구를 토대로 영화의 처리 유창성을 물리적 특성의 식별 용이성인 영화의 지각적 유창성과 표적에 대한 의미 처리 용이성을 의미하는 개념적 유창성으로 구분하였다. 그리고 영화를 구성하는 표현 요소들을 지각적 유창성요인과 개념적 유창성요인으로 구분하여 이들의 영향 관계를 탐색하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 첫째, 영화의 개념적 유창성과 지각적 유창성은 모두 영화의 선호도 유창성에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 소리 표현의 식별성과 배우의 역할 표현 식별성은 영화의 지각적 유창성에 영향을 주지만, 영상 표현의 식별성은 유의하지 않은 것으로 탐색되었다. 마지막으로, 대사 표현의 적합성과 스토리 구성력은 영화의 개념적 유창성에 영향을 주는 것으로 탐색되었다.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.1-29
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 플로우 4경로모형에서 마음상태와 플레이(play)가 하는 역할과 그 결과를 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해서 선행요인인 도전감 및 숙련도의 조합에 따른 마음상태를 측정하고, 플레이를 플로우 4경로모형에 투입하여 플로우이론에서 가설적으로 제시하고 있는 마음상태와 플레이의 영향관계를 분석하였다. 또한 플로우와 플레이의 웹충성도에 대한 영향도 분석하였다. 가설검정 결과에서는 첫째, 도전감과 숙련도의 조합에 따라 플로우, 두려움, 지루함, 무관심의 마음상태가 형성되는 것이 확인되었다. 그러나 두려움의 수준은 도전감과 숙련도가 모두 가장 낮은 무관심집단에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 이런 결과는 플로우이론의 설명과 일치하지 않는데, 무관심집단은 두려움으로 인해 온라인 쇼핑을 회피하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 둘째, 도전감과 숙련도에 따라 구분된 집단 간에 플레이 수준에서 유의적인 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 플레이는 플로우에 대해서는 정(+)의 영향을 미쳤고, 지루함에 대해서는 부(-)의 영향을 미쳤다. 그러나 두려움과 무관심에 대해서는 부(-)의 영향효과가 유의적이지 않았다. 넷째, 플레이와 플로우는 웹충성도에 유의적인 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 부정적 마음상태인 두려움, 지루함, 무관심은 웹충성도에 부(-)의 영향을 미쳤다. 플레이의 웹충성도에 대한 영향은 부정적 마음상태에서 강화되는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서는 플로우 4경로모형에서의 마음상태를 확인하기 위해 이를 측정할 수 있는 척도를 개발하여 사용하였다. 마음상태별로 수립한 4개의 구조방정식 모형을 통해 플로우 뿐만 아니라 두려움, 지루함, 무관심의 부정적 마음상태에서 발생하는 영향관계를 종합적으로 입증하였다. 이런 결과는 부정적 마음상태의 영향을 확인하였다는 점에서 이론발전에 기여하였다고 본다. 또한, 플로우모형에서 플레이의 역할을 규명하였다는 점에서도 의미가 있다. 본 연구는 실무적으로도 인터넷 소비자들의 마음상태에 따른 시장세분화와 플레이를 활용한 마케팅전략수립에 시사점을 제공한다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1985

The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.